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Re:The NIH is being slashed and burned, not "reformed" by nielsbot on Sunday March 02, 2025 @02:52AM (#43228315)
There are plenty of examples of people who wanted to vote conservative but "didn't have time to do the research" and now they're about to be caught up in the billionaire looting of the government. Low information voters, people busy with their jobs, lots of ads and propaganda.. and voila.

That said, both the Dems and the GOP are there doing the bidding of lobbyists and the wealthy... if we had an actual populist party in the US we wouldn't have ended up here. At least, not so quickly.

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Re:The NIH is being slashed and burned, not "reformed" by amanaplanacanal on Sunday March 02, 2025 @10:10AM (#43231160)
Voting is a responsibility. If you "don't have time to do the research", please don't vote.
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Re:The NIH is being slashed and burned, not "reformed" by nielsbot on Sunday March 02, 2025 @10:14AM (#43231198)
i hear you but people are going to vote anyway as surely as they drink and drive. many voters vote on “vibes”.

we need an actual populist party that gives people more to vote for. As it is, both parties support the “elites” and that leads to a disillusionment with democracy and a slide towards fascism.

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